Bill Burwood Final 07 & 21/05/13

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Garland A v Salfords B

1st Leg 7th May at the Garland

2nd Leg 21st May at the Salfords Club

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Result from the 1st leg.

Garland A 3 Salfords B 2

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Result from the 2nd leg.

Salfords B 2 Garland A 3


Garland A won 6-4

[geoff]

For a scratch team the Burwood is an awfully hard competition to win.  
Salfords had already beaten the Garland in the presidents semi at the Bricks very recently,
so this final was not going to be easy, Salfords had a 1500 start too.
We played at the Garland first, and in the first leg Colin lost to Alan.  Up second was
Simon against Dave who broke off with 5k, Simon came back but fell just short to lose by 210.
The Garland were 2 down already, Cliff was not around and Mal stepped up in his absence to beat
Sho in the third.  Geoff against Genette in the fourth. Genette broke off with about a grand
and fell off, Geoff got the balls back straightaway and rolled in about 9k, before hanging them
up. Mindfull of the aggregate, Geoff then had enough time to add another 3k..  Last game was Paul
against Pete.  Pete also broke off with about a grand, and then Paul stuck in a 6k break to
allow the Garland to win the first match 3-2.  With an aggregate of 37560 to 19490.
That fifth leg was a crucial leg for the Garland.  The Garland were 2-1 down in the second match
still needing one more point...  in the fourth Geoff had the break against David, a steady 9k break
later and the Garland had the second point.  5 points and a better aggregate. Cliff won the last
against Pete, and it ran out 6-4 to the Garland.
A well fought final. The last time I won this was over 10 years ago...    

[geoff]

Damm server coughed...  you got that twice!
Anyway the Salfords team proved yet again, they do not know when they are beat.
They keep coming back at you, we were 2 down in the first match, and 2-1 down in the
second match!